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Top Stories - Reuters - updated 7:19 PM ET Oct 1 Add to My Yahoo! Reuters \| AP \| AP U.S. \| The New York Times \| ABCNEWS.com \| Photos \| Videos Sunday September 30 12:20 PM ET No Comment on Reports of U.S. Commando Capture WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Hugh Shelton, declined to comment Sunday on reports from the Gulf that members of U.S. special forces might have been captured in Afghanistan (news - web sites). Interviewed on ABC Television's ``This Week'' program, Shelton said U.S. retaliation for Sept. 11 hijack attacks on New York and Washington ``will not be a conventional war.'' But he said that for security reasons he could not comment on specific reports like the one on a Gulf television station saying five members of the U.S. special forces had been seized by Afghan forces. ``I'll have to be very generic in responding to some of these operational issues, to include that one,'' Shelton said. ''So ... we won't have any comment about the reports that are coming out of the Middle East.'' Qatar's al-Jazeera television said Saturday five Americans, including two of Afghan origin, who were members of U.S. special forces had been seized while scouting near the Iranian border. Subsequently, ruling Taliban officials in Afghanistan denied it and U.S. officials cast doubt on it. ``I believe it is inaccurate,'' a senior Bush administration official said Saturday. Shelton said the U.S. campaign against the suspected masterminds of the attacks that left more than 6,000 people dead or missing would be ``multifaceted'' and would use not only the country's military capabilities but also its political, economic and diplomatic resources to punish the perpetrators. ``We have great capabilities across the whole spectrum of conflict ... ranging from peacekeeping operations, special operations, as well as conventional operations,'' said Shelton, who retires at midnight Sunday. ``This says that we'll use some parts of each one of these systems that we have, and we will take it to the enemy. We will, in fact, strive to eliminate, to defeat the terrorists that have brought about these very brutal attacks on our citizens,'' he added. Email this story - View most popular \| Printer-friendly format Archived Stories by Date: Sep 30 Sep 29 Sep 28 Sep 27 Sep 26 Sep 25 Sep 24 Sep 23 Sep 22 Sep 21 Sep 20 Sep 19 Sep 18 Sep 17 Sep 16 Sep 15 Sep 14 Sep 13 Sep 12 Sep 11 Sep 10 Sep 09 Sep 08 Sep 07 Sep 06 Sep 05 Sep 04 Sep 03 Sep 02 Sep 01 News Resources Message Boards: Post/Read Msgs Conversations: Start a live discussion News Alerts: Afghanistan More Alerts: News Bulletins, News, Mobile, Stocks